Job Posting: Director of Business Affairs, The Living Arts Centre

The Living Arts Centre (LAC) is a not-for-profit, charitable organization that operates the premiere arts and culture facility located in the heart of Mississauga, Canada’s sixth largest city.

Dedicated to being a place for global engagement in the arts, the Centre houses a stunning landmark atrium, three presentation ready theatres, seven professional craft studios, and an attractive in-house restaurant and burgeoning catering operation. Going into its 20th year under new leadership, and with a mission to promote Arts for Life, the Centre plays host to hundreds of performing arts, educational, community, and corporate events and activities each year. The Living Arts Centre is a dynamic and accessible gathering place for creativity that welcomes more than 400,000 discerning and culturally diverse visitors annually.

The next chapter for the Living Arts Centre is about to be written. And through creative partnerships, a focus on strengthening our audience services, building capacity on our team, and ensuring that the welcome mat is in place, we’re looking at a prize-winning future. To that end, the Living Arts Centre is seeking a candidate for the new position of Director of Business Affairs who is strategic and analytical, a leader of people and projects, a collaborative problem solver, and a diplomat with endless curiosity and enthusiasm.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Business Affairs will lead the Finance, Administration and Human Resources departments of the Living Arts Centre. The Director of Business Affairs will also play a key role in the operations of LIVE Inc. (the LAC’s in-house restaurant) as well as fundraising campaigns of the Fundraising & Development department.

The Living Arts Centre is an Equal Opportunity Employer and operates in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, we ask you to please inform Living Arts Centre staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.